Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Category Technology (general)
Stanford conference ponders world with machines more powerful than their creators
How to build a better product – study people [PC Magazine]
PC Magazine just published a long feature story on how anthropology is moving into the corporation. Product development has historically been predicated on a “build it and they will come” basis. But times are changing, consumer choice is increasing and…
Microsoft updates “Tech Tomorrowland” [PC Magazine]
Vinton Cerf and Esther Dyson discuss the internet’s future
LeadUsers.nl
Design as play
Welcome to the new dollhouse [The New York Times]
Forty percent of Americans play electronic games, poll shows [Seattle Times]
Siemens magazine with foresight scenarios
PsychNology, a journal on the relationship between humans and technology
Empirical studies of the user experience
Mining the golden years [Business Week]
Girls take over tech revolution [The Guardian]
Australian’s The Age profiles Intel anthropologist Genevieve Bell
Where’s the phone? A Nokia study of mobile phone location in public spaces
Mobile computing in high-end retail
As mobile computing becomes increasingly popular in the fashion retail industry, challenges emerge pertaining to usability, system tailoring, and enhancing the manager-client user experience. These issues were addressed at LA Promotion (a facility where selected clients can acquire products three…
Japan’s toys for the elderly [BBC]
China needs design that sells [Business Week]
In an editorial for Business Week, Patrick Whitney, Director of the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology, argues that companies designing products for the China market should have a design strategy that is more than just creating…
In today’s high-tech dating world, roses are often read
In this age of high-speed instant communication, the manner in which potential lovers interact is a complicated, tiered system that has reconfigured the way we court. Gone are the days when potential paramours exchange phone numbers and contemplate too long…